Riddles in the Law of Inheritance.
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The student: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The formulation of the problem, in a form closer to understanding, is as follows:
If Zayd’s paternal uncle marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle and also his paternal cousin.
And if Zayd’s maternal uncle marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle and also his maternal cousin.
So if Zayd dies leaving these two men, his inheritance goes to his maternal uncle, who is his paternal cousin, because he is a residuary heir, being a full paternal cousin, and his maternal cousin, who is his paternal uncle, gets nothing.
The Shaykh : Nothing.
The student: And he is among the relatives by blood.
The Shaykh : Is it clear?
The student: He wrote it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Yes, it is clear.
The Shaykh : Clear. Clear, I think?
The student: It is not clear.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: It is not clear.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : ... Well done, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I say, if Zayd’s paternal uncle marries...
The questioner : The problem...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : A hypothetical problem. The maternal uncle inherited, and the paternal uncle did not inherit.
The questioner : The scenario.
The Shaykh : This scenario: A man dies leaving his maternal uncle and his paternal uncle, and his maternal uncle inherits to the exclusion of his paternal uncle; this is the scenario. If Zayd’s paternal uncle marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother, do you understand? Zayd’s paternal uncle marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you understand? Yes? Zayd’s paternal uncle is his father’s brother.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother; is it permissible for him to marry her or not? It is permissible, good. His son becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle; his son, from Zayd’s maternal grandmother, becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle. Why does he become Zayd’s maternal uncle?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because he is his mother’s brother. Is that clear now or not? Yes? By Allah, these days it is not.
The student: ... .
The questioner : ... A blackboard, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He does not want a blackboard.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The point is, Zayd has a paternal uncle and a maternal grandmother. His paternal uncle married his maternal grandmother, and she gave birth to a son. This son becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle, why? Because he is his mother’s brother. And he becomes his full paternal cousin.
Good. And if Zayd’s maternal uncle, meaning his mother’s brother, marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his maternal uncle, who is his mother’s brother, marries his paternal grandmother, Zayd’s paternal grandmother, and she gives birth to a son, what happens to this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : His son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle, but he is not a full paternal uncle nor a paternal uncle on the father’s side; he is a paternal uncle on the mother’s side. His son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle and his maternal cousin, or not? Yes?
The questioner : Zayd’s maternal cousin... the first one, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The first one, Zayd’s maternal uncle.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If he marries, we are done with the first scenario. So if Zayd’s maternal uncle marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s son
This is Zayd’s paternal uncle, no, he becomes the son of the maternal uncle. If Zayd’s maternal uncle marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle, or not? No, he is a paternal uncle on the mother’s side, because Zayd’s maternal uncle married Zayd’s paternal grandmother, so he becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle and his maternal cousin. Yes? Good. So if Zayd dies leaving these two men, his inheritance goes to his maternal uncle, who is his paternal cousin, because he is a residuary heir, being a full paternal cousin. Is that settled? And his maternal cousin, who is his paternal uncle, gets nothing, because he is his paternal uncle on the mother’s side and he is among the relatives by blood.
The questioner : ... Because he is the son of the paternal uncle...
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... His paternal cousin.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... His maternal uncle...
The Shaykh : So if Zayd dies leaving these two men, his inheritance goes to his maternal uncle, who is his paternal cousin, because he is a residuary heir, being a full paternal cousin. Is that settled? And his maternal cousin, who is his paternal uncle, gets nothing, because he is his paternal uncle on the mother’s side and he is among the relatives by blood.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Of course, he says it is known. This is... a year after he said "paternal uncle on the mother’s side." Riddle problems are not stated explicitly; if they were stated explicitly, there would be no difficulty.
The student: And this is achieved, Shaykh, or...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is this achieved or not?
The Shaykh : It is achieved often.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes... amazing. Good. Later, I found a manuscript with a strange date, we want to give it to Yasser... to solve it.
The student: A book on riddles, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Which one?
The student: A book on riddles?
The Shaykh : No, this is from the brother Hidayat Allah.
The questioner : ... The manuscript... the riddles...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The style.
The Shaykh : The style in solving riddle problems. Yes, exactly. As for this one, the brother Yasser will solve it, if Allah wills.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is it not distributed, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not distributed; we do not want to burden you with this, because it appears that you do not know it at all. He says: It was completed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but I will read it to you, otherwise you do not know it. It was completed in the seventh decade of the third third of the first third of the fourth quarter of the ninth decade of the first decade of the fifth fifth of the third third of the Hijra.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? Take it. On what day does this date fall?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How is it one?
The questioner : … O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, if you have the ability.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, ...
The student: The brother 'Abd al-Wahhab says there is a prize if he solves it, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : And Allah knows best.
The questioner : ... The book.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Chapter... Women.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... the hadith.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
If Zayd’s paternal uncle marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle and also his paternal cousin.
And if Zayd’s maternal uncle marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle and also his maternal cousin.
So if Zayd dies leaving these two men, his inheritance goes to his maternal uncle, who is his paternal cousin, because he is a residuary heir, being a full paternal cousin, and his maternal cousin, who is his paternal uncle, gets nothing.
The Shaykh : Nothing.
The student: And he is among the relatives by blood.
The Shaykh : Is it clear?
The student: He wrote it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Yes, it is clear.
The Shaykh : Clear. Clear, I think?
The student: It is not clear.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: It is not clear.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : ... Well done, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I say, if Zayd’s paternal uncle marries...
The questioner : The problem...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : A hypothetical problem. The maternal uncle inherited, and the paternal uncle did not inherit.
The questioner : The scenario.
The Shaykh : This scenario: A man dies leaving his maternal uncle and his paternal uncle, and his maternal uncle inherits to the exclusion of his paternal uncle; this is the scenario. If Zayd’s paternal uncle marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother, do you understand? Zayd’s paternal uncle marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you understand? Yes? Zayd’s paternal uncle is his father’s brother.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He marries Zayd’s maternal grandmother; is it permissible for him to marry her or not? It is permissible, good. His son becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle; his son, from Zayd’s maternal grandmother, becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle. Why does he become Zayd’s maternal uncle?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Because he is his mother’s brother. Is that clear now or not? Yes? By Allah, these days it is not.
The student: ... .
The questioner : ... A blackboard, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He does not want a blackboard.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The point is, Zayd has a paternal uncle and a maternal grandmother. His paternal uncle married his maternal grandmother, and she gave birth to a son. This son becomes Zayd’s maternal uncle, why? Because he is his mother’s brother. And he becomes his full paternal cousin.
Good. And if Zayd’s maternal uncle, meaning his mother’s brother, marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his maternal uncle, who is his mother’s brother, marries his paternal grandmother, Zayd’s paternal grandmother, and she gives birth to a son, what happens to this?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : His son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle, but he is not a full paternal uncle nor a paternal uncle on the father’s side; he is a paternal uncle on the mother’s side. His son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle and his maternal cousin, or not? Yes?
The questioner : Zayd’s maternal cousin... the first one, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The first one, Zayd’s maternal uncle.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If he marries, we are done with the first scenario. So if Zayd’s maternal uncle marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s son
This is Zayd’s paternal uncle, no, he becomes the son of the maternal uncle. If Zayd’s maternal uncle marries Zayd’s paternal grandmother, his son becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle, or not? No, he is a paternal uncle on the mother’s side, because Zayd’s maternal uncle married Zayd’s paternal grandmother, so he becomes Zayd’s paternal uncle and his maternal cousin. Yes? Good. So if Zayd dies leaving these two men, his inheritance goes to his maternal uncle, who is his paternal cousin, because he is a residuary heir, being a full paternal cousin. Is that settled? And his maternal cousin, who is his paternal uncle, gets nothing, because he is his paternal uncle on the mother’s side and he is among the relatives by blood.
The questioner : ... Because he is the son of the paternal uncle...
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... His paternal cousin.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... His maternal uncle...
The Shaykh : So if Zayd dies leaving these two men, his inheritance goes to his maternal uncle, who is his paternal cousin, because he is a residuary heir, being a full paternal cousin. Is that settled? And his maternal cousin, who is his paternal uncle, gets nothing, because he is his paternal uncle on the mother’s side and he is among the relatives by blood.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Of course, he says it is known. This is... a year after he said "paternal uncle on the mother’s side." Riddle problems are not stated explicitly; if they were stated explicitly, there would be no difficulty.
The student: And this is achieved, Shaykh, or...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is this achieved or not?
The Shaykh : It is achieved often.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes... amazing. Good. Later, I found a manuscript with a strange date, we want to give it to Yasser... to solve it.
The student: A book on riddles, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Which one?
The student: A book on riddles?
The Shaykh : No, this is from the brother Hidayat Allah.
The questioner : ... The manuscript... the riddles...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The style.
The Shaykh : The style in solving riddle problems. Yes, exactly. As for this one, the brother Yasser will solve it, if Allah wills.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Is it not distributed, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not distributed; we do not want to burden you with this, because it appears that you do not know it at all. He says: It was completed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but I will read it to you, otherwise you do not know it. It was completed in the seventh decade of the third third of the first third of the fourth quarter of the ninth decade of the first decade of the fifth fifth of the third third of the Hijra.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes? Take it. On what day does this date fall?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How is it one?
The questioner : … O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, if you have the ability.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, ...
The student: The brother 'Abd al-Wahhab says there is a prize if he solves it, Shaykh?
The Shaykh :
The Shaykh laughed
ضحك الشيخThe questioner : ... The book.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Chapter... Women.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... the hadith.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.